Adjustable rope halter



E. HETHCOTE 2,105,285 d ADJUSTABLE ROPE HALTER Filed Aprill, 1935 Patented Jan. 11, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a fixture for rope halter, the ygeneral object of the invention being to provide a simple device for holding the rope in position forming a halter, the device being so formed that the halter can be made in less time than with the use of rope only and it makes the halter adjustable to suit animals of dilerent sizes and the parts stay in adjusted position after being adjusted. Y

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim. l

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:-

Figure 1 is a View showing a rope halter on an animal and showing how the device holds the parts of the rope together.

Figure 2 is a View of the halter removed.

Figure 3 is an edge View of the device.

As shown in this drawing the device A is composed of a loop forming part I, a loop forming part 2 and a part 3 connecting the two loop forming parts together, this part 3 extending diagonally from the part I to the part 2 and the part 2 being set more on an incline than is the part I. As it will'be seen, a portion of the rope is looped to form a headpiece 6. 'I'he free end 5 is bent upon itself as at ll to form a loop, which passes through the loop-forming part 2, with the bight of the loop 4 passing over the shank part 3. 'I'his freek end 5 of the rope is adjustably secured to a portion of the headpiece 6 by means of loops l. There is thus formed the 4o nose piece 8. The other free end 9 of the rope passes through the loop-forming part I, which retains the headpiece and the nose piece at the desired length.

As shown in Figure 1 the device is placed at 45 the lower portion of one side of the face of an animal with the part 3 substantially vertical and the part 2 sloping upwardly and outwardly so that the loop 4 in the rope can pass through the part 2 and around the part 3. The part I 50 slopes downwardly and toward the neck of the sizes of animals and it stays in place after being animal. The part 2 is elongated transversely of the length of the device, while the part I extends lengthwise of the device.

With this device a halter can be quickly made and quickly adjusted to fit the head of different 5 adjusted. The rope wearing against a smooth surface will wear much longer than with rope against rope as in halters as now constructed. With this device the halter can be readily adlo justed even when wet, where it is a dili'icult matter to adjust an all rope halter. The device can be quickly removed from a Worn halter and used on a new one.

It is thought from the foregoing description 15 that the advantages and novel ,features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope 20 of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:-

A halter of the class described comprising a single length of flexible material looped to form a headpiece, one free end of the exible material being bent upon itself to form a loop at the terminal of the headpiece, said free end having loops formed thereon to adjustably secure the same to a portion of the headpiece to form a 30 nose piece, and means for retaining the flexible material in halter-forming position, said means comprising a substantially vertically arranged intermediate shank part, a closed loop-forming part extending upwardly and outwardly from the shank part, said loop-forming part having the loop in the exible material pass therethrough with the loop partly passing around the shank part, and a substantially oval-shaped loop-forming part connected to the lower end of the shank part, said second-mentioned loop-forming part being arranged at a less inclination from the vertical shank part than is the rst-mentioned loopforming part, whereby the second-mentioned loop-forming part is adapted to receive the said 5 other free end of the flexible material to automatically adjust the length of the headpiece and the nose piece of the halter.

EDWARD HETHCOTE. 

